of all places

English

Prepositional phrase

of all places

1. (idiomatic, often used as a sentence adverb) Surprisingly.
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     They had a Jacuzzi on the deck, which was usually crowded, but I did manage to squeeze in once between two couples from Yakima, Washington, of all places.

Related terms

• of all people
• of all things

Further reading

• “of all places”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “of all people things places”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “of all people things places etc” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “of all things people places” (US) / “of all things people places” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.